The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-02-03
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.



Domestic News
Six new cases OF smallpox were found in
New York city Jan. 36
The woman municipal suffrage bill passed
the Kansas state senate, 25 to 13.
Gen Sherman delivered lecture before
the Brooklyn g. A. R., Monday evening.
A daughter was born TO Secretary and
Mrs. Whitney, at Washington, Jan. %.
Helen Hunt jackson left an estate amount
ing to $4,000, the proceeds OF her literary
work.
Mrs. Van Zandt of Chicago is going to
Europe with her daughter to remain until
Spies is hung.
The Tennessee state senate passed the pro
hibition amendment to the constitution, by
the vote Of 81 to2.
The widow of ex-Gov. John Wood, the
founder Of Quincy, H., died at that place
last week, aged 81 years.
Fourteen indictments have been found in
the U. $. court at st. Louis, Mo-, for frauds
at the election last November.
A thousand miners have been thrown ont
in the Baltimore and Ohio coal district, ow.
ing to a scarcity Of orders.
Levi f. Dolson, the oldest resident of De-
troit, Mich, died on Sunday. He had re.
sided there since 1sl2.
Judge A. w. Tourgee, who made for
tune in book writing and lost it in journal
ism, will practice law in New York City.
The January freshet in the Mohawk
Valley, N. T., has done much damage, the
town of Frankfort alone being damaged
$4,000.
Ex-President Hayes has been appointed a
trustee of the Ohio State University for the
term Of seven years, beginning May End,
next.
&. N. Jordan, treasurer of the United
States, a $1,000 per year Office, will retire
May 1st, to take the Presidency Of New
York bank. at $4,000 year.
Wittrock and Haight have been brough,
corpus to testify at the trial of Fotheringhanl
the express messenger, at st. Louis.
Six new cases Of small pox were reported
at New York City on the 25th, and fears
were expressed that existence of the disease
there would cost the city 81 ,OOO, 600 of trade
John W. Mackay, of the postal Telegraph
company, has purchased the Bay and
Coast Telegraph line belonging to the South
Pacific coast Railroad company, which runs
from San Francisco to Santa Cruz.
The mind Of Mrs. Anna Roth, Of Cleve.
land was so much affected by reading the
accounts Of the murders committed by and
suicide OF Mrs. Cabalek of the same city,
administered dose of Rough on Rats, to
her child one year old and took q dose her.
self. Both died within an hour.
The business failures during the seven
days ending Jan. ., number for the United
States 236; for Canada, 81; total, 27l
against 80 last week, 323 the week previous
and 10 for the corresponding week OF 1856
The bulk was reported from the Western,
Pacific and Southern states.
The vestry of Rock Greek, cemetery, al
Washington, D. c., have rendered to Mrs
Logan choice of lot as place of burial OF
the remains OF her late husband, now in q
beautiful vault in Rock Greek cemetery. The
cemetery is separated from the soldiers
home by the Rock Creek church road and Ii
very attractive place.
So far as regards merely the number ol
appropriation bills passed at this period ol
the short session is concerned, the work oil
this congress is below the average for the
past ten years. OF the fourteen regular an
nual appropriation bills, including the river
and harbor, but five have passed the HOUSE
and two the Senate, while four bills lingel
in the house committees. In the short ses
sion of the preceding congress at cores
House and one bill the Senate, while the
Forty-seventh congress, at its short session
before the end of January had passed tel
appropriation bills in the House and six II
the Senate.